Thursday, September 18, 2014

Dagupan’s “Abortion Road” awaits P11M Initial Fund

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

DAGUPAN CITY – This is the worst rough and tumble village
road in this city dubbed by motorists as “Abortion Road” for pregnant women.
That moniker however will soon be a thing of the past after the Department of
Public Works & Highway (DPWH) in Lingayen, Pangasinan has been assured of
the P11 million Special Allotment and Release Order (SARO) from the Department
of Agriculture (DA).

According to District Engineer Yolly Tangco, Chief of the 2nd
Office Engineering of the DPWH, the realignment of the P11 million funds for
the construction of the Tambac-Tebeng road comes from the D.A in San Jose City,
Nueva Ecija.

District Engineer Yolly Tangco

“But this road is included in the list of projects to be
funded by the Department of Agriculture. They are going to release amounting to
P11 million. Iyong P11 million is not enough,” she stressed.

Tangco said that without SARO her office could not bid the
construction of the road that crisscrosses two villages in this city.

She cited that she sent already her personnel to survey the
area so they can have a good plan for the development of the alternative road
for motorists from the North who dreaded to enter the traffic congested
business areas of this city.

Tangco explained that the road is more than two kilometers
in length.

“One kilometer is P20 million, it includes the slope
protection against flood. If there is no slope protection one kilometer will be
between P16 million to P20 million,” she explained the expenses that would be
entailed by the government on the project.

A source, who asked anonymity at the DPWH, said the
allocation needed for the Tambac-Tebeng Barangay Road needs more than P40
million.

She added the 0.28 meter solidification is a national
standard for a national highway.

Meanwhile, Tangco said there are 58 projects that have been
implemented and to be implemented that include bridges and highways this year
worth P478, 932,000 for the eight towns2nd Congressional District that she oversees.

30 of the projects worth P144 million have been finished by
her predecessor former DE Elpidio Paragas, while 21 are ongoing projects.